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Contractions 5 min apart but no pain??

So I am supposed to be a birthing assistant for a friend. I consider myself pretty educated about pregnancy and delivery. But she has me baffled right now LOL. She is having contractions 5 min apt, she can tell by her stomach tightning, pressure, and a slight back ache. But she has no pain at all. She was 3 cm dilated as of 3am when she went to the hospital because she was leaking what she thought was amniotic fluid. They said her water is buldged but not leaking. So any thoughts?? Do you think she can be in active labor without being in pain. Or is it a rare false labor with regular contractions?

Thanks for sharing. I told her she may just be one of those blessed women LOL I deliver quickly but its very painful. So I admire pain free deliveries. LOL Her and her Hubby have been in town for a few hrs. She said they are gonna go see a movie and see if the contractions get closer together or more intense. Either way they will get checked out before she makes the hr drive home. I told her that was her best bet. It will ease her mind. She wants a natural delivery but she is worried about delivering at home. On the other hand she is worried about going to the hospital too early and ending up induced or with a c-section.

Quoting hopeandlove17:

Bump btw the nurses had to tell me I was getting contractions at 9cm so some women aren't in pain

Thanks for sharing. I told her she may just be one of those blessed women LOL I deliver quickly but its very painful. So I admire pain free deliveries. LOL Her and her Hubby have been in town for a few hrs. She said they are gonna go see a movie and see if the contractions get closer together or more intense. Either way they will get checked out before she makes the hr drive home. I told her that was her best bet. It will ease her mind. She wants a natural delivery but she is worried about delivering at home. On the other hand she is worried about going to the hospital too early and ending up induced or with a c-section.

Quoting hopeandlove17:

Bump btw the nurses had to tell me I was getting contractions at 9cm so some women aren't in pain

I dont ever have pain . The only way I ever know its the real deal.is if I have a slight pressure in my back. I always have back labor. I couldn't tell if I was ready with my youngest. Got to the hospital and I was already an 8. I never feel "pain" until my water breaks.

Sounds like prodromal labor...........it isn't considered active but isnt really false either, its sorta that in the middle because it can VERY slowly make you dialate so it isn't really unprogressive but we are talking 1cm over a few days type progression. The more children you've had the longer it can last, MOST women dont notice it with a 1st if they have it at all.

I had promdromal labor for the majority of 6 wks with Dd, badly for the last 5-6 days before having her, they were incredibly tight & caused me lots of pressure but didn't really hurt.........they did however get me to 4.5cm before ACTIVE labor started so then my labor was super quick & all the practice made my uterus super strong my OB said because my contractions were abnormally strong & barely let up at all!

I had contractions with my first that were 6-10min non stop for 36h straight at home. When I went in I was 7cm. I wouldn't have called them terribly painful. I had cramps from af worse then that. It wasn't until I hit 5min apart it started to be hard to breath and walk and even then I walked into the hospital, just slowly...lol

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